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September 2011

We're Getting Old, But We're Still Hot!

As it celebrates its 20th Anniversary, Bioengineering Group was once again recognized as a winner on the Hot Firm list, climbing up in the ranks among industry peers. Since 2000, the list has recognized the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms. Over the years, the "Hot Firm" designation has become synonymous with success. Mark Zweig, Founder and CEO of ZweigWhite states “No one can tell me that the companies on the Zweig Letter Hot Firm list for 2011 aren’t special. They achieved success despite all odds!”

Bioengineering Group was also recognized again by “Inc. Magazine” on its fifth annual Inc. 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. “Inc. Magazine” describes their Inc. 5000 award as recognizing … “the remarkable achievements of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies.” Their Editor in Chief, Jane Berentson stated, “With this accomplishment Bioengineering Group joins the rarified company of enterprises that have appeared on the list multiple times, many of which have grown to become national icons.” ...READ MORE

March 2011

Bioengineering Group's CEO, Wendi Goldsmith, Honored as a Recipient of the 2011 Women to Watch Award by the Massachusetts High Tech Council

When Wendi Goldsmith set out to build a company that provided sustainable landscape and construction designs in 1992, sustainability wasn’t the buzzword it is today. A geologist by training, she noted, “I saw a lot of scientific research being done, but very little was being turned into change on the ground.” Her firm took on a huge engineering project in a set of New Orleans flood control and navigation projects in the wake of Hurricane Katrina." ...READ MORE

December 2010

Bioengineering Group Honored as a Leader in Quality Green Jobs and for its Contributions to the Environment

Bioengineering Group was one of ten firms honored by Green For All and SJF Institute. The Green Jobs Award honors businesses that contribute to the economy and the environment. "Each of the companies chosen this year does its part in building the green economy through innovation and job creation here in the United States," says Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All. "They are demonstrating that by addressing the climate crisis we can take real steps in addressing the economic crisis as well." ...READ MORE

November 2010

Bioengineering Group Wins Two Prestigious Stevie® Awards

Bioengineering Group was honored by The Stevie Awards for Women in Business as a finalist in four categories and a winner in two categories. More than 1,200 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in 54 categories. Only seven organizations won more than one Stevie Award, which included Bioengineering Group. 

  • Winner:  Women Helping Women Award
  • Winner:  Website of the Year
  • Finalist:  Environmental Stewardship Program of the Year
  • Finalist:  Best Entrepreneur – Service Business up to 100 Employees 
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run.  The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards. ...READ MORE

November 2010

Bioengineering Group Among Top Woman-Owned Tech Companies for 2010

The Boston Business Journal and The Commonwealth Institute announced the First Annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses Awards program honoring the region's top women-led businesses. ...READ MORE

November 2010

Bioengineering Group a Winner of Green Salem Business Challenge in its Class

Bioengineering Group  was chosen as a Green Salem Business Challenge 2010 Charter Program winner for incorporating effective green practices into its business.

 

October 2010

Bioengineering Group's CEO Recognized as One of America's Ten Most Innovative Entrepreneurs by Fortune Magazine!

Fortune chose ten female small-business entrepreneurs to join 400 of the world's most influential women leaders in business, philanthropy, government, education, and the arts at their annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. "The Summit is all about powerful and influential women sharing ideas," said Pattie Sellers, Fortune Editor at Large and Chair of the Summit. "With small business being the engine of economic recovery, it is most important to do all we can to help the best and brightest entrepreneurs expand their horizons and their companies."

This award builds on other recent awards won by the firm, including the Environmental Business Journal’s highest level 2009 Business Achievement Award; Boston Business Journal’s Pacesetters Award which recognizes the region’s fastest-growing private companies – placing 2nd out of 50 winners; the Stevie Awards for Women in Business where the firm won in the category Fastest Growing Company of 2009; Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500/5000 Award - ranking as No. 932 out of 5000; and the ZweigWhite 2010 Hot Firms Award – placing 25th out of 175 nationwide winners. ...READ MORE

October 2010

Inc. Magazine Unveils its Fourth Annual Exclusive List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies - The Inc. 5000 - Bioengineering Group Ranks No. 932!

The 2010 Inc. 5000 list represents the most comprehensive look at an important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. "The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”

This award builds on other recent awards won by the firm, including the Environmental Business Journal’s highest level 2009 Business Achievement Award; Boston Business Journal’s Pacesetters Award which recognizes the region’s fastest-growing private companies – placing 2nd out of 50 winners; the Stevie Awards for Women in Business where the firm won in the category Fastest Growing Company of 2009; and the ZweigWhite 2010 Hot Firms Award – placing 25th out of 175 nationwide winners. ...READ MORE

September 2010

Bioengineering Group Recognized as a Fastest Growing Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Consulting Firm by ZweigWhite

Every year since 2000, The Zweig Letter has recognized the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms on the basis of percentage growth and dollar growth. Over the years, the "Hot Firm" designation has become synonymous with success in the industry. Bioengineering Group not only made this prestigious list, but ranked in the top 25!

The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List of the 200 fastest-growing firms for 2010 can be viewed here.

May 2010

Bioengineering Group Wins North Shore 100 Top Businesses Award

Bioengineering Group was "green" long before it became fashionable. Founded in 1992 and based in the home of the founder and CEO, Wendi Goldsmith, the firm has since grown from just Goldsmith to a 75-employee operation headquartered on the banks of the North River ... Read the full story ...(PDF)

 

April 2010

Bioengineering Group Recognized for Timeliness of its Sustainable Design Services

Bioengineering Group ranked #2 out of the top 50 firms recognized for their achievements in 2009. The new wave of growth stems in part from federal contracts - the firm established itself as a go-to contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers... Read the full story ...(PDF)

 

March 2010

Bioengineering Group Wins Business Achievement Award from Environmental Business Journal

Bioengineering Group earned top honors and a Gold Medal Award for Business Achievement from the Environmental Business Journal, the leading business newsletter for the environmental industry, in the publication's 12th Annual Awards Program. The firm was honored at the Environmental Industry Summit and Business Achievement Awards ceremony on March 3rd in San Diego as the top honoree ... Read the full story ...(PDF)

 

November 2009

Bioengineering Group Wins Stevie Award for Women in Business as Fastest Growing Company of 2009

Bioengineering Group, a woman-owned science and engineering consulting and design firm, was honored as the Fastest Growing Company of 2009 at the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Massachusetts-based company was recognized for doubling its staff size and sales in 2008 - achieving a 100% increase in revenue and scaling up from 34 to 72 employees. Read the full story ...(PDF)

 

April 2009

AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Award Winner

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment selected IFAW's (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) headquarters building as one of the 2009 top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design. The 2009 COTE Top Ten Green Projects program celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology. They make a positive contribution to their communities, improve comfort for building occupants and reduce environmental impacts through strategies such as reuse of existing structures, connection to transit systems, low-impact and regenerative site development, energy and water conservation, use of sustainable or renewable construction materials, and design that improves indoor air quality. Read the full story ...(PDF)

 

November 2007

AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Project

The Regional Water Purification Facility and Park (New Haven, CT) designed by Steven Holl Architects with The Bioengineering Group, Inc. as its Sustainability Consultant has been chosen as one of the Top Ten Green projects for 2007 by the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE). Other key team members include CH2M Hill for waterworks engineering and Michael van Valkenburgh for landscape architecture. This award establishes the facility as a peer reviewed example of what can be achieved by the innovative application of the standards and goals for sustainable design and construction. Read the full story ...(PDF)

 

A TRANSITION FROM NIMBY TO AMENITY

Creative sustainable approach to Connecticut public works project wins over neighbors and captures 2007 Visionary Project Award

      Some residents of a comfortable suburban community in Connecticut weren’t pleased when they first heard that their historic neighborhood had been selected as the site of a major public works facility. CT water treatment plant
   The upscale quarter is on land originally purchased in 1798 by famed American inventor Eli Whitney—most noted for his invention of the cotton gin—and is surrounded by grand old homes inhabited for generations by prominent local citizens.
    “When the engineering consultants pointed out that this was a very cost-effective site for a necessary Regional Water Authority (RWA) facility, people just said, ‘Not in my backyard,” said Wendi Goldsmith, president of Bioengineering Group.  Read the full story ...(PDF)
   

September 2007

Bioengineering Group Joins the List of 
New England's Best Workplaces for Commuters

Bioengineering Group has been added to the EPA’s New England office’s fifth annual list of New England’s Best Workplaces for Commuters. The list recognizes leading, innovative employers committed to improving their communities by reducing traffic congestion and air pollution and improving the health and quality of life for thousands of commuters in the region. In total, 153 employers representing 222,843 employees qualified for the list, which consists of large and small organizations throughout New England, and represents a wide array of industries including technology, healthcare, and transportation. “These companies and organizations are stepping up to the plate and demonstrating their commitment to improving air quality in our region through innovative commuter benefit programs,” said Robert Varney, regional administrator of EPA New England. “They are not only doing their part to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, but they are also gaining a competitive advantage by offering employees’ an important benefit which broadens their commuting options.”

August 2007

Bioengineering Group Designed Facilities Named "Public Project of the Year"

The New England Regional Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America has designated the new Border Patrol Stations constructed in Jackman and Calais, ME as their “2007 Public Project of the Year” in the $10- $25 Million category. The Bioengineering Group, Inc. designed these two state-of-the-art facilities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support the current and future needs of the Border Patrol as they work to enhance the security of our borders. Construction was provided by JCN Construction of Manchester, NH. Read the full story...(PDF)

February 22, 2006

The International Erosion Control Association recognizes Wendi Goldsmith

The International Erosion Control Association has awarded Wendi Goldsmith, CPG, CPSSc, and President of The Bioengineering Group, the IECA's prestigious Environmental Achievement Award for Most Distinguished Technical Paper. She was recognized at the IECA's Environmental Excellence 2006 ceremony at the Long Beach Convention Center in February of 2006.